Dump-wagon



c. w. CARTER.

DUMP WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- Zv BY 2 F f/ 0. W. CARTER.

DUMP WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2I. l9l9.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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To all wkomfz't may-concern:

' Be-it'jknownthatl, CHARIJEQW} CARTER,

a; citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing at P Highland Park, in the'countyof Wayneand State of Michigan, have invented certain new" anduseful Improvements in Dump- W 'ago'ns,' of which the following is aspeci- This invention relates to dump-wagons-or broadly 'to dump bodiesof any character. It has for its object a ClUIHPbOdyTOf the characterthat dumps along the" entire length ofthe'box by the letting down of aplurality of sections of the bottom. Instead of allowing the completeload-to descendal inost "instantly in a pile alongthe' entire lengthofthe bo'x,'as would be-otherwisetl1e case} my improvement; embraces acontrol which-allows the driver' to distribute the load andscatter itover a desired area. This end is accomplished by means of an arrangementof control devices specially designed and-applicable to a-bodywhichdumps-in the fashion indicated. This will more fully appear in thespecification following.

In the drawings,- c Figure l is'a side elevation of a wagon providedwith the dumping connections and controls.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan viewof the same.

capacity in a familiar way. .Secured to each side of the wagon box are aplurality of hangers 0 which have journal bearings (Z cured on thecylindrical ends 6 of the cross] straps f levers h, which at their upperends have pivoted thereto the links '7 whose in which the cylindricalends a of. the cross straps f are, journaled (Fig. 5). These crossstraps f are riveted or screwed onto the bottom of the floor sections 9of the box and" hence thefloor sections are hinged in the bearings ofthe hangers; 0. There is also se-- lower ends carry the cross bars jthat are riveted or screwed to thefloor sections g. ]t is a reach barwhich is pivoted-t0 all of connects this lever with the front lever h. t

, PatentedjFeb.,24, i920. lp ucan'on mea A in' 2'1,.191e;fseriaino.29l,5, d6. "f I thelevers it" at their-tops the same pivotipi n that'oonnectsthe lever'h with the lmkfi. Z is a hand lever pivoted to theThis lever serves onlyto lift the sections up to. their hrizontalposition where they may be locked in place by the cross "rods'ifli foreach section); being-swungf forwardon their pivoted hanger arms n,which" are all connected by one common to and fro {bar 0,

of vhewago bOXZ" .whose'forward end is pivoted to thcbottom of thelocking lever '72 at forwi'ird end "'There i'sasystem of hangers, leversand links on each side of the box and likewise thcreis a system ofhanger ;arms and-to and frobars on each side. The sections them.-

selves serve to communicate the effort zip pliedtothe right-handsideofthe body to the operating members-on the lefthand sideof the body.With the cross rodsthat act to lock the sections in raised ,position,

the effort given the to and fro bars is given equally on. each side atthe front, as there on theconnecting ar that connects" the two lookingleversp. 'T isforces backward the to andfro bars 0,' thereby forcing thecrossrods m backward. so thatthey are removed from under the portions ofthe sections to drop down and dump. After the ateach side'(s'eeIFig.-6 3

tions'that drop down. This allowsthese secdump has been made, theoperator raises all the sections by pushing forward on the lever Z,which through the reach bar k opcrates all the levers h and the links 11to raise the lowered portions of eachfloor section. When they reach thehorizontal position the locking levers maybe drawn back-, ward bypulling on theconnecting bar q and this again places the cross rods nunderneath those portions of the sections which lower so 'as to form acontinuousfiooring 1' for the dump body. 7 1' y V On the front of thewagon box on the dash of the wago'nI have apair of brackets r whichrotatably support the hand wheel rod 8 that is provided wlth a worm tthat meshes with the spiral gear a on theshaft a carried in journals wonthe front of the wagon. The outer ends of this shaft are with collarswto provide a space interven provided ing between the brackets w and thecollarszr to form spools for the chains y that are con -nected Withthe'forward ends of the reach bars Ia on each'side'." Thisis a control'for 1regulating the distribution and. scattering of the dump, whereby turningthe hand wheel to take up more or less of the chainy, I v thepermissible backward movement'of the v reach bar k is regulated and thisin turn regulates'through the levers h and the links 2', v the amount'of possible drop that the sections may take, as shown lIl Flg. 4,-where it 'will be seen that the sections only drop part Way while thatpart 'ofthe chain that is shown'is taut. This means that atthiS ito'sition :they cometo a stop. It ispossi l spoolends of the shaft b,rto, permiteven lesspf adrop of the sections and hence the]openingsiwill be much less. Consequently,

1e by winding up more of the chain on'the the dirt or'other materialbeing carried' will be dumped very much less rapidly, andfby keeping theWagon in motion'lt can be scat tered ,as desired. a

,l/Vhat I claim is:

j .1.. A dump body, having in combination,V a box provided with aplurality v of transversely pivoted floor sections, a plurality oflevers for raising said floor sections, a'common reach bar for the samerunning to the front of the body where it may be operfor limiting themovement "of the-reach bar to govern the opening of the floorfsections,

comprising a hand wheel, Worm drive, a spool and a' chaln Winding over.the spool 45' and connected withithereach bar.

.2. VA dump body, comprising a box having a plurality offtransverselypivoted'floor sections, levers pivoted at the sides 'ofthe, boxand'links for controlling the raising of'50 the floor sections, a commonreach bar con necting the links and levers, a chain connecting with theendof thereach bar, a

spool over which the chain: winds which maybe wound up moreor-lesstoglimitthe '55 amount of permlssible v backwardmovement i of thereach bar, a Worm and spiral gear for governing the :possible movementof the .ehainand for turning the spool, andime'ans 7 for locking thefloor sections in their .up- 60 ward positions. 7 H n In testimonywhereof I aifix my signature. Y

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